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Other stories in this anthology are Old Man Henderson, The Hunter, Underground Movement, The Forest of Zil, and From the Government Printing Office. In most of the stories Neville writes of loneliness, isolation, alienation, intolerance of anything or anyone different, and of insanity created by the pressures of living. Along with madness of various kinds, his stories explore the essence of human nature and individuals interacting with one another as well as with society. As Malzberg notes, Neville, unlike many science fiction writers, was a serious author interested in Big ideas.

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title:The Science Fiction of Kris Neville Alternatives
author:Neville, Kris.; Malzberg, Barry N.; Greenberg, Martin Harry.
publisher:Southern Illinois University Press
isbn10 | asin:0809311127
print isbn13:9780809311125
ebook isbn13:9780585201894
language:English
subjectScience fiction, American.
publication date:1984
lcc:PS3564.E852S35 1984eb
ddc:813/.54
subject:Science fiction, American.
Page ii
is a series under the general editorship of Eric S. Rabkin, Martin H. Greenberg, and Joseph D. Olander which has been established to serve the growing critical audience for science fiction, fantastic fiction, and speculative fiction.
Other titles in this series are:
Bridges to Science Fiction,
edited by George E. Slusser, George R. Guffey, and Mark Rose, 1980
The Science Fiction of Mark Clifton,
edited by Barry N. Malzberg and Martin H. Greenberg, 1980
Fantastic Lives: Autobiographical Essays by Notable Science Fiction Writers,
edited by Martin H. Greenberg, 1981
Astounding Science Fiction: July 1939,
edited by Martin H. Greenberg, 1981
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction: April 1965
edited by Edward L. Ferman, 1981
The Fantastic Stories of Cornell Woolrich,
edited by Charles G. Waugh and Martin H. Greenberg, 1981
The Best Science Fiction of Arthur Conan Doyle,
edited by Charles G. Waugh and Martin H. Greenberg, 1981
Bridges to Fantasy,
edited by George E. Slusser, Eric S. Rabkin, and Robert Scholes, 1982
The End of the World
edited by Eric S. Rabkin, Martin H. Greenberg, and Joseph D. Olander, 1983
No Place Else: Explorations in Utopian and Dystopian Fiction,
edited by Eric S. Rabkin, Martin H. Greenberg, and Joseph D. Olander
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The Science Fiction of Kris Neville
Edited by
Barry N. Malzberg and
Martin H. Greenberg
Southern Illinois University Press
Carbondale and Edwardsville
Page iv
Copyright 1984 by the Board of Trustees, Southern Illinois University
All rights reserved
Printed in the United States of America
Designed by Quentin Fiore
Production supervised by John DeBacher
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Neville, Kris, 1925
The science fiction of Kris Neville.
(Alternatives)
Bibliography: p.
1. Science fiction, American. I. Malzberg,
Barry N. II. Greenberg, Martin Harry.
III. Title. IV. Series.
PS3564.E852S35 1984 813'.54 83-10514
ISBN 0-8093-1112-7
Page v
Contents
Kris Neville: An Appreciation by Barry Malzberg
vii
1. Cold War
Astounding Science Fiction, 1949
1
2. Bettyann
New Tales of Space and Time 1951
13
3. Old Man Henderson
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, 1951
57
4. Hunt the Hunter
Galaxy Science Fiction, 1951
67
5. Underground Movement
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, 1952
83
6. Overture
Nine Tales of Space and Time, 1954
96
7. New Apples in the Garden
Analog Science Fiction, 1963
150
8. The Price of Simeryl
Analog Science Fiction, 1966
162
9. The Forest of Zil
Amazing Stories, 1967
214
10. From the Government Printing Office
Dangerous Visions, 1967
219
11. Ballenger's People
Galaxy Science Fiction, 1967
226
Bibliography of Kris Neville
238

Page vii
Kris Neville:
An Appreciation by Barry Malzberg
In the mid-seventies, Kris Neville's father was dying by inches in Carthage, Mo. Kris flew back and forth from Los Angeles all through a terrible summer for the deathwatch. Once his old man grasped his hand, breaking through coma and said to Kris, "Had a terrible dream, all night. I dreamt that I was dying."
I've had a terrible dream for five days now since I heard; I dreamt that Kris Neville was dead. I've dreamed that he died suddenly from a heart attack two days before Christmas while his life and the field that he loved were opening up for him and I cannot bear this dream, I'm trying to break out of it but I don't think that I'm going to make it this time; like mortality itself it seems hung on me. Cut it out, Kris, it isn't funny any more, you've proven your point and now it's time to get back to work.
Come on, Kris. Not coming? Well, I'll try again in a little while. It isn't funny any more, Kris.
But then it never was. You could have been the best of us and instead you got torn up by this field, you had to walk away from it a long time ago because you couldn't do with it what you wanted and when you came back for another try they weren't having any of it again. You sold four novels and a collection to Belmont/Tower in the late sixties and they're out of print too and what it looks like it will be if it's anything at all are a couple of short stories like "Bettyann" or "New Apples in the Garden" which linger on in the anthologies and a project dedicated to the synopsis of the early Campbell issues of
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